Ashley Giles
Ashley Fraser Giles
Born: 19 March 1973, Chertsey, Surrey
Major Teams: Warwickshire, England.
Known As: Ashley Giles
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Test Debut: England v South Africa at Manchester, 3rd Test, 1998
Latest Test: England v Australia at Brisbane, 1st Test, 2002/03
ODI Debut: England v Australia at The Oval, Texaco Trophy, 1997
Latest ODI: England v India at Colombo (RPS), ICC Champions Trophy, 2002/03
NBC Denis Compton Award 1996
NBC Denis Compton Award 1997
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 07/11/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 19 28 5 324 45 14.08 39.75 0 0 13 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 829.3 197 2102 55 38.21 5-67 2 0 90.4 2.53
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 22/09/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 22 13 5 95 21* 11.87 56.88 0 0 4 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 168 5 824 22 37.45 5-57 0 1 45.8 4.90
FIRST-CLASS
(1993 - 2002/03; last updated 11/11/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 127 172 36 3574 128* 26.27 3 14 58 0
O R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 4490.1 10840 392 27.65 8-90 19 3 68.7 2.41
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1993 - 2002/03; last updated 10/11/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 167 108 28 1571 107 19.63 1 3 49 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 1173.2 5102 216 23.62 5-21 5 3 32.5 4.34
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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By the end of England's tour of Pakistan in 2000, Ashley Giles had
established himself as England's premier spin bowler. He bowls left-arm
orthodox, with an easy, high action. He uses his height to generate both
bounce and turn from favourable wickets.
His batting is good enough for that aspect of his play to be taken into
account at selection meetings, much as was the case with John Emburey in
earlier times. Neither could be counted as stylists, but both offer obdurate
resistance and useful runs lower down the order.
Giles boasts a career first-class average of near 30, while a number of
centuries and fifties in first-class cricket testify to his usefulness in
the lower middle order or early lower order. He bats right-handed, and
although not elegant is a powerful striker of the ball. He bowls
aggressively, often flighting the ball, and his temperament allows him to
weather punishment well.
Surrey-born, Giles represented the county at every level from Under-11 to
Under-19 as a pace bowler. Back trouble caused him to switch to spin, and
after a dispute with his home county who wanted him to continue as a pace
bowler, he switched to Warwickshire, making his debut in 1993. With Richard
Davis the resident left-arm spinner at the time, Giles took several years to
establish himself. A hard worker, he spent several winters playing club
cricket in South Africa to hone his craft.
After touring Australia and then Kenya and Sri Lanka with England A,
Giles eventually made his Test debut in 1998 against South Africa. After
taking just one expensive wicket in his first Test, he fell out of favour
behind Phil Tufnell, ending up as 12th man, and playing a few one-day
internationals.
A good 2000 season was rewarded with a Pakistan tour place, and he
finished as England's leading wicket-taker in the series with 17 victims. He
suffered some punishment in the first two Tests in Sri Lanka that same
winter, but bounced back well in the deciding Test in the series, taking two
wickets in the first innings and a vital 4/11 in the second innings as Sri
Lanka were skittled for 81, paving the way for an England victory. He was
rewarded with an ECB central contract for the following season.
Unfortunately for both Giles and England, he suffered a recurrence of a
long-standing Achilles tendon injury and his availability was severely
restricted. He appeared in just one Test, against Australia at Edgbaston,
before undergoing surgery to correct the problem. It was something of a
gamble on his fitness when he was pitched into the second Test of the winter
in Ahmedabad without any match practice, but he responded by bowling 43.3
overs in the Indian first innings for a return of 5 for 67.
It was at Bangalore in the third Test that Giles attracted certain
criticism for complying with what were considered to be negative tactics
ordered by his captain by bowling his left-arm spin over the wicket into
footmarks well outside the line of leg stump in an attempt to negate Sachin
Tendulkar's flair. He could claim that the strategy worked in that Tendulkar
was eventually stumped for the first time in his Test career off the bowling
of Giles. His 90 runs had come from 198 balls.
After taking a severe buffeting in the first one-day international, Giles
did not return to the team until the fifth match when he signalled his
recovery with five wickets that won him the Man-of-the-Match award. He went
on to contribute, though not as spectacularly, to England's series-squaring
victory in the sixth match. In New Zealand on the tour that followed, Giles
continued to fill the role of a stock bowler who gave his captain control
and who chipped in with valuable wickets without really turning the ball
enough to be a constant threat on good wickets.
This trend continued in England in the 2002 season where he began to
contribute useful runs from a position down the order. There was always the
suspicion that the captain valued him for his admirable, steady qualities
while all the time yearning for a spin bowler who was rather more out of the
ordinary. Nevertheless, Giles had established himself as the first-choice
spinner in the country with selection for the ICC Champions Trophy
tournament in Sri Lanka and the Ashes tour where England might be grateful
for any control he can provide, let alone wicket-taking ability. (Copyright
CricInfo October 2002)
Last Updated: Monday, 11-Nov-2002 18:42:06 GMT
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